Coast Guard Cutter Point Welcome Attack Tragedy
UPI reports from Da Nang that a flare lit the sky and three U.S. Air Force planes fired rockets and 20 millimeter rounds at the Coast Guard cutter Point Welcome off the Vietnamese coast. Two men died and five were wounded including the captain. Chief Boatswain's Mate Richard Patterson helped direct evasion and fire control, earning praise from crew.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leon Daniel DA Nang
Viet Nam
UPI
Richard Patterson
Swansboro
N.C
U.S. Air Force
U.S. ‘Coast Guard
Point Welcome
Demilitarized Zone
North
South
Patterson
Chief Patterson
Bill Russell
Knoxville
Tenn
Coast Guard
David ~ O'Connor
Cambridge
Mass
O'Connor
Point Caution
Robert J. la Forte
New Pani Conn
Natural Gas Rate Hike Brings Official Protest
A five hour Public Utility Commission hearing on PG and E application to install natural gas lines from Healdsburg to Ukiah ended with a formal protest by Ukiah city officials. PG E seeks rate increases and a 5.46 percent return on its 4.5 million investment, aiming to serve 4,469 customers by the third year at a projected total cost of 1,236,900. Hearing Officer Emerson will rule after further written evidence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Public Utility Commission
Pacific Gas and Electric
Healdsburg
Ukiah
Hal Irish
Lyell Cash
Pg&e
PUC
Cloverdale
Lunar Orbiter On Course For Moon Orbit
Pasadena Calif UPI The Lunar Orbiter America's flying photographic lab appears on a corrected course toward lunar orbit after successful midcourse radioed commands The craft expected to reach the moon's gravity field by Sunday morning and begin its orbital route A noon EDT briefing was called to report engineer findings on the translunar course of the unmanned 850 pound vehicle Premilitary telemetry data indicated success for the mission objectives after the midcourse maneuver
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pasadena
Calif
UPI
America
Flying Photographic Laboratory
Ukiah Hosts Firefighters as Temporary Haven Opens
Ukiah high school serves as demobilization and shower base for U S Forest Service crews returning home after large fires. About 2 500 weary firefighters will pass through in a day or two with men from Horse and Middle Creek camps arriving today. Restaurants will feed them as they transit to forest stations. Fire at Round Lake Pillsbury area controlled at 6 am, covering about 19 900 acres with a 28 mile perimeter. Travel to Lake Pillsbury advised via Potter Valley Van Arsdale route.
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Ukiah High School
Dick Henry
Forest Service
Middle Creek
Los Angeles
Porterville
Sequoia
Lake Pillsbury
Upper Lake
Potter - “Valley
van Aresdale
Dim
Auto Strikes Tractor Rider Dies at Boonville Scene
Foreman Peter Salatena, 63, Boonville, died after riding on the rear of a Hudson Ranch tractor on Highway 128. Gilbert Cordova Jr., 19, Healdsburg, struck from behind by a car driven by Guy Hagen, 28, Richmond, causing the fatal collision near Boonville. Salatena’s funeral is set for Sunday at the Boonville Methodist Church with interment in Evergreen Cemetery. Local arrangements by Eversole Mortuary, Ukiah.
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Anderson
Valley
Peter
Pete) Salatena
Boonville
Hillside Community Hospital
Gilbert Cordova Jr
Healdsburg
Guy Hagen
Richmond
Hudson Ranch
Salatena
Hagen
Rose Salatena
Boonville Methodist Church
Bruce Baker
Evergreen Cemetery
Eversole Mortuary
Ukiah
Reception Here Tuesday for AG Candidate
Spencer Williams the Republican candidate for attorney general will host a no host social in the Masonite room at the Palace Hotel Tuesday from 5 to 7 p.m. He is welcomed by county chairman Charles Mannon and Martha Cleland of the Mendocino County Democrats for Williams. Williams will be accompanied by his wife Kay and will spend the day meeting civic groups and law enforcement. the event is not a fund raiser and invites broad public attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spencer Williams
San Jose
Palace Hotel
Williams
District Attorneys Association of California
Charles Mannon
Martha Cleland
Mendocino
Weather report for Northwestern California and Ukiah
Northwestern California shows fair conditions with coastal overcast lingering. Highs around 97 and lows near 57 with northwest winds, minimal gusts, and coastal strip overcast forecasts through tonight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
Ukiah
Petersen to be sworn as Del Norte Superior Court judge
Ukiah’s Sen Frank Petersen, who did not seek reelection after reapportionment, will be sworn in Monday at 2 p.m. as a judge on the Del Norte County Superior Court in Crescent City. Appointed by Gov. Pat Brown, he succeeds the late Judge Michiel Messner. Petersen, a Mendocino County native and former district attorney, was elected to the State Senate in 1962 to represent the Fourth district. He served nearly a full four year term. The ceremony is expected to draw many local attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ukiah
Frank
Petersen
State Senate
del Norte County
Ukiah Bid Lands Bridge Replace Project
Joe LaMalfa of Ukiah has submitted a low bid of 135 168.50 to replace the narrow timber Albion River bridge on the Campt che Ukiah Road with a wider concrete span 122 feet long and 28 foot roadway. A detour will route traffic during construction under Mendocino County public works director Robert R Newhouse with county state and federal funds. Construction slated for early next year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe LaMalfa
Ukiah
Albion River
Camptche-Ukiah
Mendocino
Robert R. Newhouse
Public Works
Mendocino County
Gemini II Plan Aims Record 862 Mile Spaceflight
CAPE KENNEDY UP R Gemini II astronauts Charles Conrad and Richard Gordon are slated for a Sept 9 launch on a 71 hour mission to reach 862 miles high and perform a first orbit rendezvous with the Agena target rocket. The flight includes an on board computer controlled reentry and a 55 minute space walk with a hand held jet gun. Gordon will also stand in an open hatch for 24 hours.
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Cape Kennedy
UPR
Charles Conrad
Richard Gordon
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Atlas
Gemini
Space
Conrad
Gordon
Earth
Apollo
Moon
Navy
Weather report from Ukiah Fire Department
August 1966 and August 1965 temperatures with daily highs and lows. Data shows dates with high and low readings including a peak of 88 and a low around 53, rainfall zero. Courtesy Ukiah Weather Observer and Fire Department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
BBC Oo
Ukiah Fire Department
Change of Venue Sought in Conley Case
Attorney Robert Y. Bell filed a Superior Court application for a change of venue for William Junior Conley, a Ukiah man convicted of first degree murder in the slaying of Elaine and Clifton McCool. The appeal court reversed, and the California Supreme Court upheld that reversal. Judge Burke would rule Monday at 9:30. Bell waived the jury trial rights, then withdrew the waiver when Sperry did not consent. A request for a 150-name jury venire was denied. Conley’s second trial is set for Aug 22 with Burke presiding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Y. Bell
William Junior Conley
Conley
Elaine
Clifton McCool
E. Clay Street
Robert Winslow
Nfornia Su
Bell
Wayne Burke
Gerald Sperry
Pillsbury Fire Now Controlled
A large blaze five miles south of Lake Pillsbury was tamed at 6 a.m. after burning 19,900 acres since Sunday. About 2,300 firefighters aided by seven air drops halted the spread, with 2,000 still mop up as crews guarded against renewed outbreaks amid dry conditions and upcoming storms. The effort included planes from Ukiah and alarms about hunters and campers in Pacific Coast areas warning of further fires.
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Lake Pillsbury
Ukiah
San Francisco
UPI
Pacific
Alaska
California
Fairbanks
Oregon
Idaho
Troops Maintain Tense Racial Truce in Grenada
In Grenada Mississippi state troopers kept a tense racial peace as 300 Negroes marched past a throng of 250 heckling whites. It marked the first night in four days without violence during demonstrations near the courthouse square after the city council banned square demonstrations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grenada
Miss
UPI
Cnight
Democrats charge Reagan as Birch Society front man
A 29 page leaflet from the Democratic party accuses Ronald Reagan of being the front man for the John Birch Society and right wing extremists. The document lists about three dozen conservatives connected to the campaign and asserts deep involvement in ultra-right projects. Democrats aim to frame the race against Governor Edmund G Brown as a battle over extremism. Reagan calls it a smear tactic and says he repudiates racists and bigots.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
UPI
Democratic Party
Ronald Reagan
John Birch Society
GOP
California
Reagan
Los Angeles
Edund G. Brown
Robert L. Coate
Reagan Ward
Birchers
The
Birch , Society
National Economic Council
Soldiers of the Cross
Patriotic Party
Church League of America
Big Viet Power Plant Hit By U S Bombers
In 118 missions, U S Air Force and Navy jets bombed the Yong Bi thermal power plant near Haiphong, destroying 14 oil depots. A Navy F8 Crusader was shot down but the pilot was rescued, marking the week’s 11th loss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph L. Galloway
Saigon
UPS
U.S. Air Force
Navy
North Viet Nam
USS
Qriskany
Neh Viet Nam
Yong Bi
Haiphong
Senate backs measures to ease mortgage money shortage
Washington AP report says the Senate approved 83 to 0 a package to loosen home loan access. The plan would indirectly add about 3 billion dollars to the mortgage market, including allowing Fannie Mae to issue debentures worth 15 times capital to free up roughly 2 billion for buyers and builders facing high rates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
APS
Senate
Federal National Mortgage Association
Fanny
Fire Call Summary at Western Hills Trailer Court
Fire crews responded to a false alarm at Western Hills Trailer Court on No. State Street at 4 06 p m. Earlier today at 9 58 a m a grass and brush fire was reported on Vichy Springs Road with no damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Western Hills Trailer Court
No. State Street
Vichy Springs Road
Committee To Confront Bitter Critics In U.S. House
The House Committee on Un American Activities plans public hearings with eleven leaders from various groups subpoenaed to testify. The hearings target critics who have aided the Viet Cong, as the committee pursues a bill making it a crime to provide tangible aid to hostile forces. The sessions start Tuesday and run through the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
House Committee On UN- American Activities
U.S
Blacklisted Gambler loses appeal in Nevada ban
The U S Court of Appeals upheld that gambler John Marshall was not denied constitutional rights as Nevada bans him from all gambling casinos. Marshall is among 11 in the so called Black Book for extensive police records and alleged muscle tactics. The ruling notes he was excluded only from casinos and not for race creed or national origin while tracing his many aliases and past arrests in Chicago and California.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
UPI
U.S. Court of Appeals
John Marhall
Nevada
Marshall
Boan
Nevada Gaming Control Board
Grant Sawyer
Las Vegas
U.S. District
District Court
Frederick G. Hamley
Oliver Koelsch
Walter Pope
Chicago
Crime Commission
California Crime Commission
Tony Accardo
al Capone
Marchello Caifano
New York
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Moon Orbit
Ukiahi
Johnson
Lynda Johnson
George Hamilton
Lynda
Bahamas
Luci
Pat Nugent
Nugents
Nassau
LaMalfa
Pillsbury Fire
Demos
Reagan Bircher
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